Weekly Flylady Thread 1st September 2014

ionafan

dancemum wrote: »

Frog call kept me in a queue for over 1/2 hour and phone battery died. (Can you get replacement batteries for house phones?)

Yes you can, dancemum. Google the phone model name and number plus "uk" and compare prices including postage :money: The batteries are generally very easy to replace and recharge.

Thanks for encouraging me to do the extra half-hour at lunchtime, skinty. I had just finished writing the email when we had to go out - pressing Send had to wait until we got back! But that particular cane toad is no more Unfortunately, another one has crept out of the shadows...

Congratulations to Mr LW on decluttering the last of his baby teeth

pigpen

dancemum .. My house phone has AAA batteries.. have you checked to see what yours needs??

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Paid stuff then hairdressers today. Bedroom dusted, hoovered and all clothes and shoes put away where they belong. I still need to declutter my wardrobe but want to get some vacuum bags first.

Seeing psychologist tomorrow with DS. I feel churned up already, I hate it. Its easy to pretend that someone isnt doing too badly when you live with their problems every day but sitting and hearing a professional unpick it all is tough. Still at least DS is now getting the help he needs.

greent

Ionafan - that's fantastic - well done! :T
Pigpen - I freeze apples and pears all the time - I peel/ core and chop mine and just freeze without doing anything else (I kind of dice mine) - I don't cook/ add liquid/ add sugar - then I throw into cake/ crumble/ pie as required (I don't add sugar to even cooking apples in crumble - I find the crumble topping sweet enough, and I usually throw in something like raisins, anyway, which are sweet) Fruit retains it's shape

Gorgeous weather here, so after getting home from SW (class takes 2 hours - I help out) (and I lost 2lb - yeay!) I did HH in the garden - picked some more pears and runner beans, did some pruning and got rid of some crispy bedding plants DS1 painted some more of the new fence I also did 4 lots of washing today - all dry bar the throw from our bed and a pair of DS1 footwear - both just a little damp so have been brought in so as not to get wetter overnight Also took opportunity to get into DS3's room and have a sort out of clothes, toys and books - small cull made :T Also took car in / collected it for MOT and service (£205 later - and that was with a clean pass:eek:! And DS2 and DS3 went back to school today (Y4 and Y1) - very tired and grumpy boys tonight As a result of doing this and making soup and marinading chicken for kebabs for tonight I've not really spent much time on lists.....

Week's tasks:
Charity paperwork - spent about 4 hours on this so far....
PTA & Charity banking
Expenses - me - charity ones
Expenses me - 'work' ones
Book hair appt for me
Book eyebrows appt for me!
Write Toots list for house and garden - started
Chase DD's EHIC card!
BOOK HIRE CAR FOR OCT HOL
GET SCHOOL NURSE NO and phone for referral for DS2 for bedwetting
Chipsaway for my car
Deliver big pile of craft stuff to friend - tried to whilst taking a big pile of charity stuff out - but she wasn't in

Monday Mop ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Take photo of little ones/bigger ones in their new uniforms looking all proud and shiny (for Tues/ Thurs as appropriate)
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum dining room
Wipe dining table.. I had cleared it all of toys today....
Got an hour...
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Extra Mission : help yourself

• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell heavenly

Twinkling Tuesday ~ Bouncing Bedroom
15 Minutes..
Clear the floor of anything that doesn't belong there..- started
Hoover the floor
Empty any bins
30 minutes to spare..
Dust surfaces
Polish mirrors and any other shiny surfaces...
Extra challenge:

• HHI - DONE x2
• Take Car in for MOT & Service.....:eek: - DONE

Whimsical Wednesday ~ Barnacled Bathroom

15 minutes...
Empty bins - DONE
30 minutes to spare..
Clean sink and bath
Shine the taps, don't forget to get underneath the taps with a toothbrush.
Got an hour...
Hoover/mop floor
Extra challenge:

• HHI

dancemum

pigpen wrote: »

dancemum .. My house phone has AAA batteries.. have you checked to see what yours needs??

I will check in the morning as the geeks are watching Spider-Man film.

Another 2 pairs of trousers shortened

lynnejk

FizzWhizz wrote: »

Lynne, thank you for the advice re: the scabies _pale_ Trouble is, DSD's mum has self diagnosed rather than taken her to the docs and apparently had the correct ointment in her possession so DSD has been slathered. I'm not sure where that leaves the rest of us -- I don't want to pay for OTC treatment for the other six members of the household if it's NOT scabies, but it doubt my doc will prescribe it for us en masse without having seen evidence of infection. So I either have to stump up the ££ which could be for nothing, or play the waiting game and see if any of the rest of us befall the same fate DSD doesn't actually have a rash at present, she's just very itchy all over and her mum is a well known hypochondriac so I have my suspicions about her diagnosis, but at the same time I don't want to end up itching for weeks either. Grr!
ETA: just looked at the ointment; each person requires two treatments of 30g, and each tube is £9 :eek: That'd be more than £100!!
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Think you probably right to play the waiting game in that case. Scabies tends to be pretty specific - lines of itch such as wrists, skin folds etc iyswim. This general itch sounds more like an allergic reaction to something eh. Fingers xd for you all.

LameWolf wrote: »

:rotfl:
Still, he seems fine now; and we're hoping for the thumbs-up to get back to normal with everything ;);) when he has his follow-up with the surgeon who did his hernia, on Friday.:o

Gosh LW - soo glad he seems fine and is that a naughty nudge-nudge wink there :eek: :rotfl:

bossymoo wrote: »

All well at hosp, full steam ahead for Friday. Just blood test to be checked out.

Glad all went well for you at the hosp and hope bloods are ok


Well - I'm all packed up and ready to go-go. Just off for a couple of hours zzzz and then bus to catch at 4.30 :eek: for plane leaves at 7.00. S & S & S here I come :laugh: :dance:


'See' you all in a week and hope you all have a super one
Lx

JIL

pigpen wrote: »

I would freeze apple in portions and get out and make to pie or crumble as required.. I hate frozen soggy pastry and crumble so wouldn't inflict it on anyone else.. I don't like soggy



TY both..

Mary berry has a recipe for an apple tray bake. An alternative to crumble?

Jazee

Morning flyladies, another one here prepping for the freezer. A lovely villager gave me apples and blackberries yesterday so they are now in individual portions ready for crumble or whatever. To be honest the mix was so delicious I think it would be nice just served up with ice cream. But GreenTs suggestion of just chopping and freezing as is was great and I may do that in future.

In the absence of a Wednesday list yet, I'm going to clean the downstairs loo this morning and cut the grass. I don't feel guilty about the noise now the school term has started!

Have a great day everyone.

bossymoo

Morning!

Love all the talk of apples, I've a few to prep today and a tree full.

Kiddies have had brekki, I'm just having a brew then I'll toast a tea cake. Bags are ready, DD meds made up and packed lunch sorted. I still don't know if school are including nursery kiddies in the school meals thing. She only has them twice a week and they are 95p so no hardship if not. But she has packup for wraparound care anyway.

Supposed to be warm today but looks a bit grim, may need to rethink the shorts idea for DS. Although shorts and tank top might work. They can take coats.

Got my laptop all logged on ready to go so I can whizz back from school to start by 9.15. Also have a Mr S shop coming today (stocking up for weekend and next week as I won't be up to shopping I shouldn't think) and I need to drop off at an amazon collection point. Ordered a wii game and they sent me a cd-rom of a different game altogether and not child friendly!!!

Right. Tea cake. To avoid the 8.40-halfway out the door- "mum I'm hungry" moment

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
bossy i'd stick with the shorts, they'll be in school till midmorning break anyway and the sun should be well up by then. on mornings like this they come bundled up and are sweating cobs running round at lunchtime

well done on the SW award iona
lovely school photo pigpen

ds2 has just gone school, ds1 is having a lie in - hes having to use holidays up before the end of the month
im doing a sneaky 18 rows of knitting before i start the day